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Iowa Code § 613.15A (2026)

Injury to or death of a child

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A parent or the parents of a child may recover for the expense and actual loss of services, companionship, and society resulting from injury to or death of a minor child and may recover for the expense and actual loss of services, companionship, and society resulting from the death of an adult child. 2007 Acts, ch 132, §1, 3

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 2011–2019 · leading case: Pamela Plowman & Jeremy Plowman v. Fort Madison Cmty. Hosp., Pil Kang, John Paiva, Davis Radiology, P.C., Leah Steffensmeier, the Women's Ctr., & Fort Madison Physicians & Surgeons, 896 N.W.2d 393 (Iowa 2017).
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Pamela Plowman & Jeremy Plowman v. Fort Madison Cmty. Hosp., Pil Kang, John Paiva, Davis Radiology, P.C., Leah Steffensmeier, the Women's Ctr., & Fort Madison Physicians & Surgeons, 896 N.W.2d 393 (Iowa 2017). · cites it 18× “Turning to the last Dier factor, defendants argue Iowa should not recognize a wrongful-birth claim because Iowa Code section 613.15A and Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.”
Est. of McFarlin v. City of Storm Lake, 277 F.R.D. 384 (N.D. Iowa 2011). “, IOWA CODE § 613.15A (defining a parent’s right to recover consortium damages for the loss of a child), and preexisting common-law consortium causes of action.”
Amended August 8, 2017 Pamela Plowman & Jeremy Plowman v. Fort Madison Cmty. Hosp., Pil Kang, John Paiva, Davis Radiology, P.C., Leah Steffensmeier, the Women's Ctr., & Fort Madison Physicians & Surgeons (Iowa 2017). · cites it 8× “Turning to the last Dier factor, defendants argue Iowa should not recognize a wrongful-birth claim because Iowa Code section 613.15A and Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 1.”
Barrett v. Schwab (N.D. Iowa 2019). · cites it 2× “Schwab individually and in his official capacity and against the State under Iowa common law; 3) parental loss of child consortium against both defendants under Iowa Code Section 613.15A; and 4) child loss of parental consortium against both defendants under Iowa Code Section…”
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